RAINFOREST AND AFRICAN PYGMIES

**Photo gallery with quotes from the book "The Forest Has You" and soundscapes**

PHOTO: African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) (Gabon).

SOUNDSCAPE: Aka dance accompanied by polyphonic singing and rhythmic claps (Aka Pygmies of the Central African Republic)

"Tomorrow the women will drink the secret potion, so their throats can open up. The entire forest will hear their songs inviting good luck for the hunt. A spell cast in pentatonic melody, potent with honey and the other ingredients, to lure and discover the prey..."

Luis Devin, The Forest Has You
(La foresta ti ha - Castelvecchi/LIT Edizioni)